A scientific study disproves the idea that the universe is a computer simulation, proving reality cannot be reproduced by algorithms.

In a new, detailed breakdown of current theory, a team of physicists led by Mir Faizal of the University of British Columbia ...

According to Dr. Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, and his international ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

JWST observations show that early galaxies were chaotic, gas-filled systems rather than stable disks. Researchers from ...

Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window ...

New strategies may soon allow scientists to test dark energy theories within our own solar system, linking cosmic-scale physics to local observation. Science advances through a cycle of proposing ...

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an ...

Researchers have found a suspected clump of dark matter lurking within the luminous halo of a well-known "Einstein ring." The mysterious object, the smallest of its kind ever seen, could help shed ...

Every second of modern life runs on precision — from GPS navigation to the time signals that keep the internet in sync. But scientists at MIT and Harvard have just taken precision to an entirely new ...

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are ...